After the Civil War, literacy tests were required in Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi to prevent African Americans from voting. These tests were part of a larger set of Jim Crow laws that were designed to enforce racial segregation and limit the political power of Black Americans. The literacy tests were often used to disenfranchise Black voters by making the requirements so difficult that even well-educated African Americans would fail. This effectively prevented them from exercising their right to vote, which had been guaranteed by the 15th Amendment to the US Constitution.
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